Towns & cities · West Midlands
Great Brickhill
Great Brickhill — village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bow Brickhill · 4.4 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Brickhill is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 817 people. Address: MK17. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK". Coordinates: 51.9650°, -0.6840°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the border with the City of Milton Keynes, located 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Central Milton Keynes, and 3 miles (4.8 km) in the same direction from Fenny Stratford.
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Background
History
The village name is a compound of Brythonic and Anglo Saxon origins, which is a common occurrence in this part of the country. The Brythonic breg means 'hill', and the Anglo Saxon hyll also means 'hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Brichelle. The affix 'Great' was added in the 12th century to differentiate from nearby Bow Brickhill and Little Brickhill. Robert Merydale was parson of the parish church of Great Brickhill in 1470, according to a legal record, in which Edward Lucy & Thomas Hampden claim that he owed them £20. Great Brickhill was described in 1806 in Magna Britannia as follows: The Victoria History of the Counties of England provides substantially…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9650, -0.6840
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish
- Great Brickhill
- Postcode
- MK17
- Parliamentary constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Population
- 817
- Nearest railway station
- Bow Brickhill — 4.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q1772712 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Brickhill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: GreatBrickhill CromwellsCottages.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Brickhill?
- Great Brickhill is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode MK17), in the parish of Great Brickhill.
- Is Great Brickhill a protected site?
- Yes — Great Brickhill is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Great Brickhill free to visit?
- Yes, Great Brickhill is free to enter.
- How do I get to Great Brickhill?
- The nearest railway station is Bow Brickhill, about 4.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode MK17.